1984 Senior PGA Tour


The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 22 official money events with purses totalling $4,366,000, including four majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 8Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona306,000 Gene Littler 1 up100,000
Jan 22PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer 282 35,000
Mar 25The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Don January 280 50,000
Apr 8Daytona Beach Seniors Golf ClassicFlorida150,000 Orville Moody 213 22,500
Apr 22Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Billy Casper 202 30,000
May 6MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Orville Moody 288 30,000
Jun 3Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada220,000 Dan Sikes 210 33,750
Jun 17Roy Clark Senior ChallengeOklahoma200,000 Miller Barber 212 30,000
Jun 24Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000 Arnold Palmer 276 36,000
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenNew York200,000 Miller Barber 286 36,448
Jul 8Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York200,000 Miller Barber 206 30,000
Jul 15Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000 Roberto DeVicenzo 206 22,500
Jul 29Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000 Miller Barber 208 30,000
Aug 12du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000 Don January 194 33,750
Sep 3Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky175,000 Gay Brewer 204 26,050
Sep 9United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia200,000 Dan Sikes 207 30,060
Sep 16World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina150,000 Peter Thomson 281 25,000
Sep 23Digital Middlesex ClassicMassachusetts175,000 Don January 209 26,000
Oct 14Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida150,000 Lee Elder 200 22,500
Oct 21Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Lee Elder 203 30,000
Dec 2Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer 205 30,060
Dec 9General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida225,000 Peter Thomson 286 40,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don January70.68
2Miller Barber71.13
3Peter Thomson71.59
4Arnold Palmer71.80
5Dan Sikes71.86

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Don January328,597173
2Miller Barber299,099224
3Peter Thomson228,940202
4Arnold Palmer184,582133
5Orville Moody183,920212

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Don January791,99014
2Miller Barber720,13414
3Arnold Palmer442,9748
4Billy Casper395,3864
5Gene Littler358,7703

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Awards